Sentences with phrase «political tone»

An enormous crystal sphincter housing an array of leftovers from Vegas transfers of Broadway shows was the backdrop for the 90th Academy Awards ceremony — a garish and distracting monstrosity that was entirely out of sync with the often urgent, focused, political tone of the show.

While the artist's artisanal impulses align her labor with Arte Povera's cultivation of raw materials (albeit omitting the overtly political tone taken by the postwar Italian movement), her wall - mounted objects» exacting geometric delineations echo Minimalism's efforts to cut hrough three - dimensional space (as demonstrated in work by Fred Sandback and Richard Serra, among others).

RKO studios had another Director come in to reshoot the more political tones that Ford wanted, causing him to never make another film with the studio again.

Although Rohani argues for constructive interactions with other countries and although he supports applying a softer political tone — as opposed to the combative, controversial and provocative language that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or other hardliners utilize — when dealing with the international community and regional state actors in regards to Syria, Rohani has not called for an overall sweeping shift in Iran's foreign policy.

That in itself is a most grueling feat as Winter Soldier was one of those rare superhero films that transcends the genre with its welcoming 70s political tones.

Dave Gibbons» hardboiled superhero graphic novel is brought to stunning visual life by director Zach Snyder in a convoluted adult fantasy that provides an off - key political tone to its alternate reality of 1985 America where Richard Nixon is still President and the Doomsday Clock forever sits at five minutes to the hour of imminent apocalypse thanks to a Soviet nuclear threat.

But head teachers still bridle at what seems to be a very different political tone, that they criticise as negative towards schools, lacking in evidence and counter-productive.

Christie's Bertazzoni notes the similarities between late Picassos and increasingly popular contemporary Chinese paintings, particularly in the use of caricature and a subliminally disenchanted political tone.

Yet there is a somewhat political tone running through the work as well, with Sam Durant's pop - ish coloured light boxes, like protest placards calling for Basel fair - goers to think a little deeper about their social context, and work by legendary second - wave feminist artist Judy Chicago on show at Jessica Silverman Gallery.

A fragment of pink marble from Trump Tower in New York, purchased by Siegel on eBay following the US election, completes the artist's investigation of value by bringing a radically political tone to the exhibition.

The endearment and intimacy between two women adopts a deeper political tone with the soundtrack that features bland morning radio discussions between men around mundane topics.

Hammons» piece, though, is more indicative than McCarthy's of the prevalent political tone: savvy and edgy, but also forgiving and more interested in the world's reality than in prescriptive ideas.

In 2004 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York honoured Tiravanija with the Hugo Boss Prize and presented an exhibition of his work, which had more overtly political tones.

his comment would've been perfectly clear from the beginning, rather than injecting a political tone into what he said.

Tens of thousands of people waving rainbow flags lined streets for gay pride parades Sunday in coast - to - coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, the latter a reaction to what some see as new threats to gay rights in the Trump era.

Isidro Cancel reappointed deputy supervisor, embattled fire safety inspector Fred Viohl receives more duties BY KOREY WILSON Haverstraw lawmakers set the political tone for the town at last week's reorganization meeting.

How appropriate, for the political tone this week has been one of a bunch of ill - behaved children squabbling in the back.

Haverstraw lawmakers set the political tone for the town at last week's reorganization meeting.

I think it's undeniable but that the political tone from last year has created extreme views on, on both sides of the political spectrum.

The evening is likely to echo the political tone of the Golden Globes, where many attendees wore black as a statement against sexual misconduct and Oprah Winfrey made a rousing speech calling for change.

The hype around this movement has largely died down in the five years since then, and Mungiu followed the devastating 4 -3-2 with the featherweight anthology Amintiri din Epoca de Aur (Tales of the Golden Age, 2009) but his new effort is a strong return to form, and shifts the political tone from the overt denunciation of 4 -3-2 to a more allegorical, allusive sphere.

It may be co-location, more than any other factor, that has frayed the nerves of parents, teachers and students, and stirred a debate that has taken a decidedly polarizing and political tone.

I couldn't help feeling an undercurrent of political tones but perhaps I was reading into the novel.

OCY: In a previous interview you compared your paintings to Picasso's Guernica in terms of rendition of political tone.

Political writers suddenly became art critics, and art writers became critics of the president, all of them scouring the selections for clues about the personal tastes of the Obamas and the political tone of the administration.

Adkins combined these four powerful words — which resonate with historical, religious, and political tones — to reference abolitionist John Brown, the focus of the video, but they can also provide a poetic lens through which to view the other videos and the late artist himself, a fearless performer and dedicated educator who often cited his intense belief that «art can be a force for change.»